Meaningful Engagement of Women in WePower during COVID-19

Nafisa Tasnim || Vice Chair, WIE AG Bangladesh Section

Date: May 20, 2020

Time: 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Total Participants: 31

Total speakers: 6

WIE AG Bangladesh Section in conjunction with IEEE Bangladesh Section and IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), Women in Power arranged a webinar titled “Meaningful Engagement of Women in WePower during COVID-19” on May 20, 2020 from 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm, Bangladesh time. The webinar was attended by a total of 31 people including speakers from Bangladesh and India.

The invited speakers were:

i. Dr. Celia Shahnaz, Professor at department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at BUET, Chair, IEEE Bangladesh Section, IEEE PES Women in Power R10 Representative

ii. Pallabi Zaman, Chief Engineer, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)

iii. Mafruda Rahman, Manager, GCF Unit, IDCOL

iv. Jorifa Khatun, Superintending Engineer, Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB)

v. Sabiha Sultana, Assistant Engineer, Grameen Shakti

vi. Staji Wilson, Assistant Engineer Trainee at TCS, IEEE PES Day India Lead 2020

The session was moderated by Nafisa Tasnim, Vice Chair, WIE AG, Bangladesh Section and Senior Engineer, Energypac Engineering Ltd. The speakers highlighted the Wepower practices that their respective organization exercises and mentioned the steps they are taking to cope up with the COVID-19 crisis situation.